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the blue and grey accents that you already have with go great with the light green (celery) I even plugged your awesome lampshade color in Behr.com as an accent color and it brought up the exact celery color as a main color along with a dark purplish maroon color (similar to your plum, but lighter) But I would still go with the light green. You should check out the Sherwin Williams or Behr sites, you can put room colors together or they can suggest colors for you! Its super awesome batman.
With as big as your room is, and the two large windows I'd totally go bold with the dark teal color!! with the light blue accents it will look stunning!!
@misschickpea: hmmm I'll have to look into those, thanks!
@Whitanella: thanks! i really want to go bold but I'm scared... lol
If you aren't afraid of paint, I'd go for the teal. You can do so much with a bold back drop.
It's only paint...it's only a long term commitment if you hate painting. I LOVE painting, so I don't mind trying something and changing it a year or two later.
@Jeannine @ Small Chic: the only issue is that because it is a vaulted ceiling, we can't paint it ourselves. We're going to hire painters this summer to do our bedroom and great room (also vaulted), so its a bit more expensive than normal painting and not something I'm going to want to change every year or two :) Pressure to get it right now!
We have the same color furniture and have a warm yellow. But since that isn't an option, (I'm biased! haha) I voted for the celery green. I don't like dark wall color with dark furniture, myself. But if you do, then teal or plum would look beautiful! :)
I am partial for the celery color, because we have a similar color in our house. have you tried getting the small paint sample bottles and trying the colors out? I find its really hard to make a decision without actually seeing them in person. Even the little color swatches look totally different than the actual color.
If you want it darker, you can have them mix it like 25% darker or whatever.
I think you would be fine with any wall color, but if I were you I would paint the walls a light gray or even a bluish gray.
How about a dark accent wall so you get your bold punch of color without it being too overwhelming? Painting the room shouldn't be too bad if you want to save some money or be more open to changing it more often. My bedroom is about 15x18 with a 12 foot vaulted ceilling, and it took me about 8 hours to do by myself. (I havent decided to attack my two story living room with paint yet either since its taller)
I was going to say plum as well! It can totally be masculine too w/ the dark brown wood accents.
A rich jewel-toned teal would look amazing!! I'm debating that or a rich purple for my own bedroom...
@pinkshoes: how did you edge along the top?? We don't own more than a step ladder and I don't know that I'd be wanting to climb up there anyways lol.
@Jenn23: argh I didn't thinka bout dark wood + dark walls...
@AnnieAAA: if thats what I go with... perhaps that is how i can sell it hehe. its not like i want pink after all :)
Dark blue gets my vote, only because it's classic and will go with everything, should you decide to change your accent colors in a year or two...I feel like the other options are too specific (for me, at least) and I feel like you can never go wrong with blue or grey :) Which brings me to my other option, what about a light grey? That would be beautiful with the light blue you have going on...
is ur furniture dark brown or is that black? if it's black, i say go for a greyish tone of plum.
if it's brown, then do the teal. i don't think the dark furniture will look good with the celery green, unless you changed your color accent.
I might be biased but I think the green would look AWESOME :)
younghouselove painted their guest bedroom a dark teal and I LOVE it. I vote for that :)
@CorgiTales: Well, I just don't like dark colors with dark wood, especially in bedrooms. But that is just me. Based on your poll results, many think the teal would look great! You also mentioned your bedroom is large, so you could go with a dark color. But I just think the celery green will be a more soothing color. (you mentioned you wanted soothing) I think the others will be a more bold statement. But any of the colors will look nice. I like them all! Have fun deciding which one to use.
Because you wont be painting yourself and wouldn't want to have to re-paint, I would definitely invest in those paint samplers and paint out a few test areas.
I agree that if your furniture is more dark brown than black I would go teal. If you have enough light and because your accents are all light, in the end I don't think it'd be too dark. That said, the plum is a really nice color too, I like it with the light/dusty blue. Hah, I can see why you're having trouble choosing :)
I have a room in almost that exact teal, and it's amazing. I use black, white & green accents in the room. Not sure if your current blue would work well with it though, unless it's more gray?
I like a Williamsburg Blue type color like the dark one you had. I think it will be a nice contrast. I'm not a big fan of non-matching things though.
@CorgiTales: I actually thought edging along the ceiling was easier than the edge of the doors and windows. I didn't use any tape. I used a 10 foot step ladder and just went up and down... a LOT. Thats probabaly what took most the time. But I figured I'm saving money and getting a work out so it was a win win! =)
I personally LOVE the celery color, but I also think the teal would look amazing!!
Is there a way you could do a 'mock-up' in photoshop with the colors and see what you like best?
ETA: Here's an online tool where you can 'paint' sample rooms in a variety of colors to see how it looks. You can change the accent colors and some other characteristics also... might be worth doing that also.
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Here is a photo of how it looks now... the bedspread is grey and all of the accents are blue. The wood is dark.
This is the only non-photo artwork on the walls:
We had initially planned to paint the room a nice light blue, but we kind of unintentionally made all of our accents light blue (sheets, lamps, the chest at the foot of our bed) so I don't want it to be so monochromatic. The room is pretty big, with 2 windows and a vaulted ceiling, which got me thinking maybe we could pull off a darker color? I was thinking maybe a pretty teal?
or maybe a plum? (assuming I could talk DH into it!)
or maybe dark blue is okay because it is a different shade?
But maybe bold/dark is TOO bold/dark? I do want the room to be soothing... but white/cream/tan/grey bore me to tears. I like actual color on my walls. I think doing blue would be too much of the same, and I hate lavender. Maybe a celery green?
Clearly I'm the most indecisive person on earth... I need a home designer. lol. Help??